Monthly Archives: April 2014
157.WHERE ARE EELS BORN?
One of the most curious of all living creatures is the long, slippery, whiplike member of the fish family called the eel.
If it were possible to identify one of the species and follow it in its travels, it would be found at different times swimming across hundreds of miles of ocean, ascending rivers, and even wriggling through wet grass on land toward the place where its instinct tells it there is a pond rich in food.
156.WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE GOLD FISH?
The ancestor of the goldfish is the carp. In the lakes and rivers of China and Japan, the greenish-gray carp is found in great quantities, and this is where the goldfish was first developed.
The Chinese have been breeding goldfish for centuries, and the Japanese have raised goldfish for more than 400 years! Goldfish weren’t known to Europe until a few were brought over about 200 years ago. These were given to Madame Pornpadour of the court of King Louis XV of France. Because she was the leader of fashion, other people began importing them.
155.WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PIGEONS AND DOVES?
Pigeons and doves can be found in all the tropical and temperate parts of the world. In fact, there are more than 300 different species of these birds. but only a few of them are found in the United Kingdom.
The names “pigeon” and “dove” are really interchangeable. There is no basic difference between them except that the name “dove” has come to be used more often to describe the smaller species.
